Tag: prison camp
Triple tragedy strikes North Korean doctor after home purchase
A radiologist in his 30s at the Munitions Factory No. 26 Clinic in Kanggye, Jagang province, recently lost his home, his fortune and his...
Forbidden melodies: Two young North Korean K-pop listeners sent to prison
In early September, two 15-year-old North Korean boys were sent to a political prison camp for listening to K-pop, according to a source in...
N. Korea’s political prison camps: Shrinking populations amid tightening control
The populations of North Korea's infamous political prison camps, long criticized as hotbeds of human rights violations, has decreased by about 9,000 inmates compared...
N. Korea intensifies efforts to purge party ranks of “impure” elements
In a ruthless crackdown on dissent, North Korea has intensified its purge of party ranks this year, condemning officials who challenge state or party...
Hell on Earth: Disabled prisoners suffer in N. Korea’s brutal camps
Disabled people in North Korea's political prison camps are suffering severe human rights violations, enduring horrific working conditions and daily violence, a source inside...
N. Korean prison camp guard beats up inmate old enough to...
North Koreans were shocked to hear that a guidance officer at a forced labor camp in Yanggang Province recently beat up an inmate old...
Kaechon prison camp works its inmates to death
The North Korean authorities keep men and women serving life sentences in the Hamhung and Kaechon concentration camps in separate quarters in accordance with...
Four N. Korean stationmasters arrested for failing to show loyalty to...
The North Korean Ministry of State Security has recently informed senior officials at provincial bureaus about the punishment given to people arrested in connection...
Repatriated N. Korean defectors who interacted with Christians sent to political...
Some of the more than 200 defectors repatriated from China to North Korea last year are being held in political prison camps. Among the...
Most N. Korean defectors repatriated last year are still in re-education...
Most of the North Korean defectors repatriated from China last October remain in re-education camps six months later. However, some have died due to...
